A study of Hindu-Muslim relations since the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 tells us that Muslims have been making demands - ideological, political, territorial - and Hindus conceding them all along. Yet the Muslim problem remains with us in as acute a form as ever. With the advent of petro-dollars and the emergence of V.P. Singh, Laloo Prasad, Mulayam Singh and Kanshi Ram On the political scene, Muslims have become as aggressive and intransigent as in the pre-Partition period. It has become a habit with Hindu leaders to take Hindus for granted and bargain with Muslims on the latter's terms. Leaders of the Indian National Congress have taken Hindus for granted from 1885 till today. Now leaders of the Sangh Parivar look like following the same path. Hindus have to decide as to how long they are going to be taken for granted. 'Contrary to certain impressions created in the media,' observes Koenraad Elst, 'the BJS-BJP and RSS leaders have a heartfelt desire to woo the Muslims. The present official position of the RSS (and a fortiori of the BJP) is, more than ever, that Islam itself is quite alright, only fundamentalism is wrong. Even the well-known secularist theory that the Hindu-Muslim conflict was merely a concoction of the wily British colonizers is often repeated in RSS publications, sometimes with the addition that Congress and other secularist parties have now assumed the divisive role which the British once played. In every case, the role of the intrinsic hostility which Islam itself preaches and practises against 'idolatry' is down-played or kept out of the picture.' 'It is hard to conceive of a situation,' he continues, 'where a society is vexed and tortured by a persistent enemy, then generates a millions-strong organization pledged to the defense of this society, and yet this organization, this boastful 'vanguard', fails to produce even the most sketchy analysis of the motives and methods of this enemy. 

Table of Contents:-

Introduction

Section I: The Perspective

1. A Call for an Intellectual

2. Ideological Defence of Hindu Society

Section I: The Responses

1. G.V. Ashtekar

2. Professor G.C. Asnani

3. Deep Chandra Awasthi

4. P. N. Awasthi

5. S. K. Balasubramanian

6. Abhas Chatterjee

7. G.C. Chaudhary

8. S. K. Dalvi

9. Ashoke Dasgupta

10. Jitendra D. Desai

11. Nachiketa Dogra

12. Adwayanand R. Galatge

13. K. B. Ganapathy

14. Padmashri Shalil Ghosh

15. Bhagwati Prasad Goenka

16. Shiv Goud

17. S. C. Gupta

18. B.L. Jaju

19. H.C. Joshi

20. Dr. S.D. Kulkarni

21. S.D. Laghate

22. Professor K. Lakshminarayana

23. Professor K.S. Lal

24. Professor R. R. Mangasuli

25. T. G. Mohandas

26. Professor S. G. Mujumdar

27. P. R. K. Naidu

28. S. Omkar

29. Virendra V. Parekh

30. Hem Raj Prabhakar

31. Baljit Rai

32. Dr. H. Ramarao

33. B.K. Rao

34. (Mrs) Veda Sampath

35. Smt. M. Sandhya

36. K. Satya Deva Prasad

37. Jagannath Sharma

38. Ajit Singh

39. Ram Autar Singh

40. Vikram Singh

41. Dr. Vinay Kumar Sinha

42. Shrikant G. Talageri

43. Mrs. Leela Tampi

44. B. K. Verma

45. R. C. Waswani

46. P. S. Yog

47. Brief Responses

References

Section III: Dharma Versus Dogma

1. Sarva Dharma Samabhãva or Sarva Dharma Sambhrama? (Unity or Confusion of Religions?)

2. Meaning of Conversions

Section IV: The First Victims of Islam

1. Roll Over, Rushdie

2. Standing Up to Scrutinize Islam

3. Turning away from Mecca

4. Islam is religious fascism

5. Courageous author puts his life on the line

6. Far more dangerous than Nazism

Section V: Some Revealing Press Reports

1. Legacy of Hate

2. BJP Shifts Stand to Woo Muslims

3. BJP Promoting a Minority-Friendly Image for Elections

4. BJP Looks for Muslim Plank to Move Towards Delhi

5. BJP Girds Up to Appease Muslim

6. Khurana's Go-Slow on Migrants Issue Irks Hawks

7. Pampering the Minority Ego

8. BJP to Bring Out Koran in Sanskrit

9. Vajpayee for Diluting Stand on "Hindutva"

10. More Space for Namaaz Urged

11. Chhabildas Sticks to His Guns on Minority Votes

12. Advani Allays Minorities Fears

13. Secret of BJP's Success

14. Advani Woos Indian Expatriates in London, Assails Govt's Kashmir Policy

15. BJP Bid to Woo Muslims

16. How Can Any Muslim in This Country Say That He Does Not Respect Ram?

17. Malhotra's Statement on Ayodhya Annoys Chavan

18. BJP Bid to Win Over Muslims

19. RSS Wants Muslims for Friends

20. Babri or Barabari?

21. Bihar BJP's First-Ever Muslim Leader Emerges

22. J.K. Hindu Exiles Eulogise Thackeray

23. Secularism Is the Very Colour of Our Blood: Vajpayee

24. A Good Augury

25. Muslims in Behrampada Voted in a Pragmatic Way

26. Joshi Sparks Off Row Over Religion Bill

27. VHP Drops Plan to Liberate Kashi, Mathura

28. Govt Seeks Revision of Order on Naib Imam

29. BJYM'S Meet on June 7

30. Vande Mataram Dispute at BJP Muslim Meeting

Appendix I: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Vis-à-Vis National Integration

The Tabligh Movement or Millions of Bearded Militants on the March

Appendix II: Shape of Things to Come

1. Population Explosion in West Bengal: A Survey

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